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  1. Bringing foreign language works to the English stage http://bit.ly/8pn7K5
  2. 1970. P: 'I have to look after adaptations and translations from time to time, but they are part of the chores of my profession'
  3. 1965. Stuart Gilman writes to Peggy about what he sees as the failure of Theatre of Cruelty
  4. A client to Peggy, shortly before leaving her: ‘I love you very much and hate you like poison’
  5. 3 years before Brenton wrote 'The Genius' - about an inventor in the nuclear age - Gems wrote play of same name about a geneticist
  6. Jonathan Gems's last letter to Peggy explains why he needs a mercenary agent who can devote more time to him - plus he's a bit scared of her
  7. Found early letter from Peggy when she was a reader - tenacious even then, she was already submitting rejected scripts to other managements
  8. 1963. Peggy thinks Stanley Eveling a writer of deranged and unusual plays and consequently introduces him to Peter Brook, Kustow & Marowitz
  9. ...but I do feel that a 14 foot submarine is stretching one's credulity somewhat.'
  10. Peggy to a client: 'From time to time our authors write about men going into their cellars and constructing something peculiar...
  11. Peggy sends writers' work to David Hare for a second opinion, and so that he can offer advice from one playwright to another
  12. RT @lyngardner: John McGrath's National Theatre of Wales first season is a thing of wonders. Feels as if all my theatrical Christmasses ...
  13. RT @lyngardner: Nic Green's superb Trilogy coming to Barbican & BAC in Jan. Looking for brave female volunteers. A life-changing show. E ...
  14. Unpublished material http://bit.ly/60uVkW
  15. 1980s. #EdwardBond, #HowardBrenton and #CarylChurchill all have a good word to say about Danny Boyle at the Royal Court
  16. @SteveHills Reminds me must put up images of letters so you can see for yourself
  17. @SteveHills Peggy spun conflicting stories about her own life so it's hard to find the truth - also what makes her so fascinating.
  18. ...Endo was apparently 'the Japanese Graham Greene'. NT didn't produce this because Blakemore and others against it although Olivier for it
  19. '73 Peggy's enthusiasm for Japan rubbed off on Peter Hall when she sent him play by only Japanese client Shusaku Endo - 'The Golden Country'
  20. RT @HESherman: Very thought-provoking: RT @ShentonStage: Today's Stage blog about producers and playwrights being called to account. htt ...